Resourcefulness And Thrift Keep Egyptian Theatre From Going The Way Of The Pharaohs
1:06 KLCC's Brian Bull visits the Egyptian Theatre in Coos Bay, which has been relying on grants and limited hours for staff to navigate the pandemic. Up in an environmentally-controlled room filled with large silver tubes and musical instruments, Kara Long presses a few hidden buttons. One row creates a high-pitched piccolo sound. Another is for tuba. “So you got the smallest to the largest.” It’s all part of the organ system, installed at the Egyptian Theatre in 1925 and powered by an immense fan under the main stage. Elsewhere, ornate hieroglyphics and black statues of Anubis...
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